Tom Hiddleston — Loki from the "The Avengers" film franchise and Adam in Jim Jarmusch's most recent film, "Only Lovers Left Alive" — will star in "I Saw The Light," a Hank Williams biopic set to begin shooting in Shreveport in October.

The Shreveport Times reports Millennium Studios made the announcement last week on its Facebook page.

Written and directed by Marc Abraham, "I Saw the Light" will chronicle Williams' rise to stardom and the effects of years of substance abuse that ended the performer's life at age 29. The film is based on a 1994 biography by Colin Escott.

The studio says Hiddleston will do his own singing in the film.

A preliminary release date is set for 2015.

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